ব্রিটেনে মসজিদের সামনে ইমামসহ দুইজন গুলিবিদ্ধ

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south beds news agency-luton-(fairleys).. From: Fairley of Luton South Beds News Agency/Fairley of Luton Tel: 01582 572222 Email: southbedsnews@btconnect.com 7 4 2018 An Imam told today of the moment he was shot in the street moments after he had left his mosque following Thursday night prayers. The 47 year old married father of a young son said he was making his way home when a black BMW pulled up, he thought to let him cross a road But moments later a gunman on the back seat of the car aimed a shotgun from out of the window. Two shots missed but then a third hit him. As he spoke today the Imam’s right forearm was heavily strapped with bandages and 11 shotgun pellets remained embedded under the skin. The shooting happened on Thursday night in Portland Road in Luton. Moments after the Imam had been shot he tried to chase the car as he made its getaway and a second man was then shot by the gunman in the same road. Two men from Luton aged 30 and 32 have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and remain in custody. The Imam who has asked not to be identified was back in Portland Road today (Sat) and spoke of the moment he was shot. He said: “I had been at the mosque on Thursday night and had just finished taking prayers. I had just left and was making my way along Portland Road going home. It had been a long day and I was looking forward to getting home and relaxing. It was shortly before 10 pm when about a hundred yards from the Masjid al Madani Mosque where he had been leading prayers that evening that the Imam, who was walking alone, reached the junction with Beresford Road and stopped to cross over. He said at the same time a black BMW which he thought was a 3 series model stopped in Beresford Road to let him cross. There were three people inside. The Imam said “I thought the driver had stopped to let me cross. I had stepped into the road, but then the driver started reviving the engine. I stopped in front of the car turned to say what are you doing. He got a bit vexed by that and that’s when I saw the passenger on the back seat pull out a shotgun to show me. “Words were exchanged and that’s when a shot was fired at me which missed. So did a second shot and it was a third shot that hit me although at that moment I didn’t know it. “The car turned right Portland Road and started to drive away and I chased after it. I managed to pick up a brick and I smashed the windscreen. “I couldn’t keep up with it and further along the road is when the other man was shot I understand a pellet has gone into his eye although I didn't see it happen.” He said three black males had been inside the vehicle who he thought were in their mid 20s to early 30s. The powerfully built Imam who said keeps fit by working out three times a week, said it was only when passers by and local residents came to his aid that he realised his arm was bleeding and he had been shot. “People came up to me and said you are bleeding and that’s when I saw my arm and the blood.” An ambulance was quickly on the scene and he was taken to the Luton and Dunstable Hospital for treatment. He said it was only when he was in hospital that he found out a second man had been shot and wounded by the gunman. The Imam was released from hospital in the early hours of Friday morning. He said he thought five shots had rung out on Thursday evening from the car. “There is a lot of concern in the community, people are infuriated by what happened as you would expect and I had to present myself to Friday Prayers at the Mosque to reassure everyone and calm everyone and to tell them the police were dealing with the situation.” He said there was much discussion about what had happened on Thursday night on social media “Who goes round shooting at people like this? They are cowards. I wasn't targeted, it was just random, it’s madness” he said. Portland Road is a residential street in the Bury Park area of Luton which is where many Muslim families live. Near to where the shots were fired are an assortment of small car repairs workshops and tyre fitters. The Imam said there hadn’t been any similar incidents in the street previously. “This has just come suddenly out of the blue” he said. Police say the second man who was shot remains in hospital with serious injuries. The two men arrested are from LUTON and were arrested on Friday in Blundell Road, Luton, on suspicion of attempted murder. Detective Inspector Craig Laws, who is leading the investigation, said: “We are treating this as an isolated incident, but are continuing to appeal for information that could help our ongoing investigation.” Anyone with information is asked to use our online reporting tool or call 101 quoting Operation Flemish. Alternatively, call Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111. Ends

বাংলা সংলাপ ডেস্কঃ লুটনের পোর্টল্যান্ড রোড়স্থ মসজিদের সমানে এক ইমাম গুলিবিদ্ধ হওয়ার খবর জানিয়েছে ডেইলি মেইল। বৃহস্পতিবার এশার নামাজের পরপরই রাত ১০টার দিকে এই ঘটনা ঘটে বলে পত্রিকাাটি রিপোর্ট করেছে। এতে জানাযায় একটি কালো বিএমডাব্লিউ গাড়ী থেকে কতিপয় ব্লাককমিউনিটির যুবকরা গুলি চালায়। আহত ইমামের বয়স ৪৭ বলে জানাগেছে। এঘটনার সাথে জড়িত সন্দেহে ৩০ ও ৩২ বছর বয়সী দুই যুবককে গ্রেফতার করেছে পুলিশ।
পুত্র সন্তানের জনক ইমাম হাসপাতাল থেকে ছাড়া পেয়েছে। তিনি জানান, মসজিদ আল মাদানি থেকে বের হন তখন, ফোর সিরিজের একটি ব্লাক বিএমডাব্লিউ কার তার সামনে দাঁড়ায়। তিনি ভেবেছিলেন হয়ত তাকে রাস্তা পারাপারের সুযোগ করে দেয়ার জন্য তারা দাঁড়ীয়েছে। কিন্তু তারা উচ্চ শব্দে গাড়ী ইঞ্জিন চালু করে। তখন তাদের বারন করা হলে, তাদের একজন পিছনের সিট থেকে বন্ধুক বের করে গুলি করে।
মসজিদের ইমাম বলেন, প্রথম দুইটি গুলি মিস হলেও তৃতীয়টায় তিনি গুলিবিদ্ধ হন। তবে প্রথমে তিনি বুঝতে পারেনটি গুলিবিদ্ধ হয়েছেন। এরপরপরই তারা গাড়ী গুরিয়ে চলে যায়। তিনি বলেন, আমি দ্রুত ইট দিয়ে তাদের গাড়ীতে ঢিল মারি। এরপর আমি দেখি রাস্তায় আরেকজন চোখে গুলিবিদ্ধ হয়েছেন।
ইমাম জানান গাড়ীতে তিনজন ব্লাক কমিউনিটির যুবক ছিল। তাদের বয়স ২০ থেকে ৩০ এর মধ্যে হবে।
পরবর্তীতে রাস্তার লোকজন এগিয়ে আসেন এবং আমাকে দ্রুত হাসপাতালে নেয়া হয। তিনি জানান ৫টি গুলির শব্দ শুনতে পেয়েছেন বলে জানান। এ ঘটনায় আহত অপর ব্যক্তি অবস্থা আশংকা জনক।
উল্লেখ্য পোর্টল্যান্ড রোড়স্থ অধিকাংশ বাসিন্দা মুসলিম এবং এখানে বেশ কয়েকটি গাড়ীর গ্যারেজ রয়েছে।


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